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OSCA 461937Updated 2026-01-29
Religious Assistant
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 451816OSCA 461937
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 32k
Weekly earnings: AUD 620
Salary range: AUD 29k-AUD 35k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
36.3%
NSW
23.5%
VIC
15.2%
QLD
Education mix
34.6%
bachelor degree
25.5%
Post graduate
15.4%
advanced diploma/ diploma
Role overview
Religious Assistants support Ministers of Religion or religious communities in performing a variety of religious functions associated with the practise of a religion, including worship, spiritual guidance, and pastoral care and teaching.
What you do
- • Conducts services of worship and acknowledgment of faith.
- • Delivers sermons, homilies, special talks, and plans music for services.
- • Participates in activities of communities, encourages people to be aware of their responsibilities, and organises community projects.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (34.6%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Assists with performance of marriages, funerals and special memorial services according to tradition and ecclesiastical and civil law.
- • Conducts classes of religious instruction, and supervises prayer and discussion groups, retreats and seminars.
- • Conducts premarital and family counselling and refers people to professional service agencies where necessary.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 620
Annual median: AUD 32k
Range: AUD 29k-AUD 35k